Colonial Gardens Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Colonial Gardens Nursing Home is a 99-bed for-profit nursing home in Pico Rivera, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.72 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% above the California average of 2.65, and 36.6% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Colonial Gardens Nursing Home
7246 S. Rosemead Blvd.Pico Rivera, CA 90660
Los Angeles County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Colonial Gardens Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 2.72 hours per resident per day, 3% above the California average. With about 94 residents a day, that works out to roughly 256 aide hours a day, or about 32 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.72 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.11 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.42 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.25 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.82 | 4.09 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
36.6% of nursing staff at Colonial Gardens Nursing Home left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 54.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 22, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 36 health deficiencies (California average 15.7). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $36,700 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2024 | Fine | $36,700 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Colonial Gardens Nursing Home holds 1 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Colonial Gardens Nursing Home
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Gardens Healthcare LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 3, 1997
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Colonial Gardens Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| El Rancho Vista Health Care Center Pico Rivera | 1.1 | 86 | 2.87 | 4.66 | 25.3% | 4 | None |
| Riviera Healthcare Center Pico Rivera | 1.2 | 154 | 2.50 | 4.09 | 31.7% | 1 | $9,110 |
| Brookfield Healthcare Center Downey | 1.6 | 70 | 2.33 | 4.02 | 36.4% | 5 | None |
| Socal Post-Acute Care Whittier | 1.7 | 59 | 2.45 | 4.01 | 47.1% | 3 | None |
| Pico Rivera Healthcare Center Pico Rivera | 1.7 | 99 | 2.51 | 3.83 | 47.8% | 5 | $26,588 |
| Villa del Rio Gardens Bell Gardens · no staffing data submitted | 1.8 | 84 | — | — | — | 2 | None |
| Rio Hondo Subacute & Nursing Center Montebello · Special Focus Facility | 2.5 | 200 | 2.57 | 4.64 | 63.4% | — | $411,481 |
| Montebello Care Center Montebello | 2.7 | 99 | 2.29 | 3.91 | 29.0% | 2 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.